Use of plastic scintillator with fiber optics for detection of radiation with high spatial resolution

Kambiz Shahnazi; Ravinder Nath

doi:10.1117/12.417378

13 February 2001 Use of plastic scintillator with fiber optics for detection of radiation with high spatial resolution

Kambiz Shahnazi, Ravinder Nath

Proceedings Volume 4201, Optical Methods for Industrial Processes; (2001) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.417378
Event: Environmental and Industrial Sensing, 2000, Boston, MA, United States

Abstract

12 The objective of this paper is to describe a method for detecting x-ray in real time with high spatial resolution. The method uses a 1-meter glass fiber, a 2 mm plastic scintillator, and a collecting device such as photomultiplier tube to respond to the radiation field. This device can be automated for use in any industries, which uses radiation for their processes. The resolution can only be limited by the size of the detector. This plastic scintillator probe has a homogeneous sensitivity and it water equivalent. The scintillator minimizes dose perturbation in water, and it has a emission peak around 432 nm. The reproducibility of the system has been tested, and the percent variation has been less than 3%. The results compared with GafChromic film showed this device is reliable, and it could be used in real time measurements.

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Kambiz Shahnazi and Ravinder Nath "Use of plastic scintillator with fiber optics for detection of radiation with high spatial resolution", Proc. SPIE 4201, Optical Methods for Industrial Processes, (13 February 2001); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.417378

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